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Lead-208's doubly magic nucleus defies expectations with surprising shape properties
In a surprising turn of events, an international team of scientists has found that lead-208 (208 Pb), the heaviest known ... the peaks in abundances in heavy-element nucleosynthesis in the ...
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Measures of a 'Double Magic' Atom Reveal an Unexpected Surprise Inside
An experiment bludgeoning special lead atoms with high-speed ... stable against nuclear decay; 208 Pb is the heaviest known ...